Chihuahua names, counted from 22,922 licensed dogs
These are the names owners actually gave their Chihuahuas, taken from city dog license records and counted one dog at a time. No suggestions, no made-up lists.
Source: dog license records from New York City, Seattle, Allegheny County, PA and Cambridge, MA, updated to Oct 2026.
Coco
is the most common Chihuahua name: 212 dogs, about 1 in 104
22,922Chihuahuas in the four license registers
21,952of them with a usable name
Bellamost common female name
Charliemost common male name
The 30 most common Chihuahua names
Ranked by the number of licensed Chihuahuas with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.
- 1Coco212
- 2Bella209
- 3Luna179
- 4Charlie152
- 5Lola152
- 6Princess150
- 7Daisy139
- 8Peanut126
- 9Rocky125
- 10Max123
- 11Lucy116
- 12Milo115
- 13Penny111
- 14Buddy105
- 15Chico102
- 16Chloe99
- 17Lucky99
- 18Lulu97
- 19Mia94
- 20Toby92
- 21Cookie79
- 22Minnie79
- 23Lily74
- 24Oliver74
- 25Brownie72
- 26Baby70
- 27Leo70
- 28Oreo68
- 29Prince68
- 30Taco68
Female and male Chihuahua names
From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.
Female Chihuahuas, top 10
- 1Bella203
- 2Luna170
- 3Lola147
- 4Princess146
- 5Coco131
- 6Daisy130
- 7Lucy111
- 8Penny103
- 9Chloe94
- 10Mia93
Male Chihuahuas, top 10
- 1Charlie124
- 2Rocky122
- 3Max119
- 4Milo108
- 5Chico99
- 6Buddy96
- 7Toby88
- 8Lucky82
- 9Coco74
- 10Leo66
Names Chihuahua owners choose far more than other owners
Each name's share among Chihuahuas, against its share among all 418,812 named dogs. “8.3×” means Chiquita is 8.3 times as common for a Chihuahua as for the average dog.
- Chiquita8.3× usual · 41 dogs
- Chichi8× usual · 55 dogs
- Taco6.8× usual · 68 dogs
- Pedro6.1× usual · 17 dogs
- Chica5.5× usual · 27 dogs
- Papi5× usual · 28 dogs
- Chico5× usual · 102 dogs
- Tiny4.8× usual · 58 dogs
- Paco4.2× usual · 39 dogs
- Pepe3.9× usual · 31 dogs
- Pancho3.8× usual · 20 dogs
- Tito3.7× usual · 43 dogs
